Nosferatu

Lucy’s sickness brought many to her, none of whom could find the reason for it. At the cause of modernity, those around her could not fathom a creature, such as Dracula, would exist, let alone be the cause of her problems. Through her death, she, in turn, brings the death of Dracula and demolishes the ways of modernity of those around her. With the weakening of Lucy, Dr. Seward comes to tend to her and with his knowledge finds no causes for her illness. Van Helsing then comes to England to…

On the other side of the spectrum, Mina Murray from The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is a character who is only bound by her own perception. In the beginning of The League, she was given a task by Campion Bond, who is an Intermediary between The League and Mina Murray. She was assigned to recruit high value assets for the sake of Her Majesty. Not only does Mina have success with her assignment, but she also ends up leading the League in its fight to retrieve cavorite from Fu Manchu.…

In Dracula, written in 1897 by Bram Stoker, Lucy Westenra and Mina Murray are the two lead female character roles. They are close friends, despite their age difference. They are different in several ways; Lucy is a teenager while Mina is an educated schoolteacher. Lucy is immature and clouded by her emotions and feelings, whereas Mina is level headed and maintains her composure. And finally, Lucy is deeply concerned with finding a husband for comfort and Mina is financially stable and…

For decades leading up to the 21st century minorities have been persecuted and looked down upon. These thoughts and beliefs may be in the past, however, many of these are preserved in the literature of the time. One story written in the late 19th century which is still widely read and studied by scholars today and includes the discrimination of women at the time is Dracula. Bram Stoker’s tale includes the two main characters Lucy Westenra and Mina Harker who are widely different in personality.…

In the horror novel Dracula, Bram Stoker utilizes the symbolic elements in the story to create the theme that any good can defeat any evil(or the mystery solving process). Specifically, the symbolic elements help establish the integrity and beliefs of the main characters. The allusions to christianity and garlic help characterize Dracula as the blood-sucking demon he is. The novel begins with Jonathan staying in a town near Castle Dracula. The night before he travels, the innkeeper “tak[es] a…

Bram Stoker’s Critique of Victorian Gender Norms and An Unconventional Pathway for Victorian Women to Advantage Their Social Standing The novel “Dracula” written by Bram Stoker appears on the surface to be a traditional 19th century gothic text, but after closer examination, Stoker’s novel develops into a glass shattering feminist novel embedded with ideas about gender norms. Stoker uses the characters in “Dracula” to provide examples and critique for both traditional and nontraditional…

Besides Lucy, the most significant difference in Bram Stoker’s Dracula the movie was probably Mina. Although she becomes one of the main characters in both the book and the film, she plays a more prominent role in the movie. In the film, she had many of the same traits and characteristics that she did in the book, but in the film, she is also the reincarnation of Elisabeta, Dracula’s first wife who committed suicide. This eventually leads to Mina falling in love with Dracula, even though she…

Purpose and questions. This essay has 2 main goals. The first goal that will be concentrated on now is to find the similarities and differences between the two vampire characters Edward Cullen and Count Dracula and how they are portrayed in terms of aspects of behavior, actions, life and appearance. The aim is the following questions: How is Edward Cullen portrayed in contrast to Count Dracula? Which differences and similarities are there between the two vampire characters? The second goal that…

A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night portrays the main character The Girl as lethal and scary, but as human in appearance and motive. She was a chador-wearing female vampire wandering in Bad City at night to stalk. Parallelly, she was also a pretty young girl wearing a striped shirt and putting on lipstick, preying on immoral men. She created her own destiny and shaped it with her decisions and actions. The life of The Girl and Arash, the male protagonist in the film, unfold in story tracking by…

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be the center of supernatural creatures lives and their plans? I read a part two version of a book called The Vampire Diaries by L.J. Smith. Officially, a new vampire, Elena is learning how to live her new life after she passed away by driving off a bridge. She was lucky to have vampire blood in her system, otherwise, she would have never come back from the dead. Stefan Salvatore, her boyfriend who is also a vampire, helps Elena survive despite…